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A widespread outage occurred in the "DE" domain zone used in Germany. The problems arose due to an error in the DNSSEC configuration for the "DE" root zone, committed by DENIC, the organization responsible for the "DE" top-level domain. From May 5 at 22:30 PM to May 6 at 1:30 AM (Moscow time), attempts to resolve domains in the "DE" zone through DNS servers that use DNSSEC to verify data were unsuccessful […]
MyLibrary 5.0, a home library cataloger, has been released. The program code is written in C++ and is available (GitHub, GitFlic) under the GPLv3 license. The graphical user interface is implemented using the Qt6 library. The program is adapted for use on operating systems of the following family: Linux и WindowsFor Arch users Linux A build script for the finished package is available in the AUR. For users Windows available […]
Anthropic unveiled ten new AI agents, which it says can create presentations for client meetings, analyze financial statements, and submit cases for compliance review. The new tools are designed for professionals in banking, insurance, asset management, and fintech. The company's growing influence beyond Silicon Valley was highlighted in a keynote address by Anthropic CEO Dario […]
Node.js 26.0.0, a platform for running network applications in JavaScript, has been released. Node.js 26.0 is designated a long-term support branch, but this status will not be granted until October, after stabilization. Node.js 26.x will be supported until May 2029. The previous LTS branch, Node.js 24.x, will be supported until April 30, 2028, and the previous […]
The developers of the PHP programming language have submitted a notice to the OSI (Open Source Initiative) voluntarily decommissioning the PHP License 3.01. They stated that after several years of work, the PHP toolkit's code has been completely converted to the BSD-3 license, and the project no longer contains code under the old PHP License 3.01. The text of the new PHP License has been replaced […]
The release of the Unix-like operating system ToaruOS 2.3, written from scratch and supplied with its own kernel, bootloader, standard C library, package manager, user-space components and a graphical interface with a composite window manager, has been published. Initially, the project was developed at the University of Illinois as a research project in the field of creating new composite graphical interfaces, but then it was transformed into a separate operating system. Project code […]
The Apache HTTP Server project has released a patch release of httpd 2.4.67, which addresses vulnerability CVE-2026-23918 in its HTTP/2 implementation. The issue, rated important, is related to a double-free error in the handling of an early connection reset scenario in HTTP/2. Under severe circumstances, this error can lead not only to a worker process crash but also to potential remote […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Nix and Lix package managers that allows code execution with the privileges of a background process, which runs under the root user on NixOS and multi-user installations. The issue (CVE not assigned) affects the nix-daemon background process, which is used to provide unprivileged users with access to build operations and the package repository. The vulnerability arises due to a lack of restriction on recursive directory processing in […]
Quietly and unnoticed, on April 30, 2026, edition 2.92 was released, finally including a readable text layer. Typos and errors found in previous editions, particularly 2.91 (which introduced clickable navigation) and 2.9 (the first purely electronic edition), have been corrected. The book is intended for self-study in the basics of programming and, unlike many other editions, offers a fundamental approach […]
May 04 AlmaLinux The OS Foundation announced the release of a beta version AlmaLinux 10.2 "Lavender Lion" for the following architectures: Intel/AMD (x86_64) Intel/AMD (x86_64_v2) ARM64 (aarch64) IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) IBM Z (s390x) Beta ISO images are available for download on the repo page.almalinux.org. Changes: Contains Python 3.14, PostgreSQL 18, MariaDB 11.8, Ruby 4.0, and PHP 8.4 as new packages, […]
OmniOS Community Edition r151058 has been released. It is based on the work of the Illumos project, which continues to develop the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, libraries, and basic set of OpenSolaris system utilities. OmniOS is notable for its support for the bhyve and KVM hypervisors, the Crossbow virtual network stack, the ZFS file system, and lightweight application launchers. Linux-containers. The distribution can be used for building scalable web systems, virtualization […]
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.67 has been released, fixing 11 vulnerabilities and introducing several fixes. The most severe vulnerability (CVE-2026-23918) is caused by a double-free in the mod_http2 module and could potentially lead to remote code execution on the server by manipulating the HTTP/2 protocol. This vulnerability is only present in release 2.4.66. The issue has a severity level of 8.8 out of 10. Another […]